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Re: Last Name...Gallaher
Posted by: Virginia Taylor Date: January 23, 2002 at 15:50:08
In Reply to: Last Name... by Carlton W. Gallaher of 602

In the New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith, pub. by Harper & Row in 1956 and 1973, the following definition is given:
Gallagher, Gallegher, Gallaher, Galliger, Galligher (Irish)
The foreign helper or assistant; grandson of Gallchobhar (valorous victor; foreign help).


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